HC Deb 23 February 1949 vol 461 c285W
31. Mr. G. Thomas

asked the Postmaster-General the number of telephones that were installed in Wales during 1947 and 1948 and the number installed in Wales during 1937 and 1938, respectively.

Mr. Wilfred Paling

Twenty thousand eight hundred telephones were installed in Wales in 1947 and 18,750 in 1948. Corresponding figures for 1937 and 1938 are 12,500 and 11,900.